Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis

World Osteoporosis Day   20th October 2021 is World Osteoporosis Day. Bone health is a crucial aspect of our general health. Bones are flexible, yet strong for movement and to protect our vital organs. Bones grow during childhood and adolescence and are...

Holiday Road Trips

Road Trip!    With the dawn of the final school term and warming weather, summer holidays are approaching around the bend. As international travel is not yet an option for families to use as a Christmas holiday, Australians are taking to exploring their own...

Stretching

Do I need to be stretching? Should I be stretching? Am I stretching enough? Why do I need to stretch anyway?These are questions that many people have asked themselves at one point or another and are questions that we get asked by patients often. If stretching is...

Dancing and Bunions

Dancing and bunions BALLET – Will dancing in pointe shoes give me bunions? Often, many dancers (and their parents) are concerned that dancing en pointe will cause a permanent foot deformity in the shape of a bunion. Let me preface this blog by firstly saying, no...

Athletic Back Pain

The Athletic Spine: Athletic Back Pain explained Lower back pain is the most common cause of spinal pain in the athletic population. Anyone that has experienced lower back pain knows how debilitating it can be. Often this type of injury can result in impaired...

Return to Training

We are seeing higher injury rates in elite level sports such as the NRL and AFL, and we have unfortunately seen the same in those returning to gyms, club sport and general activity. In light of this, we thought it would make good sense to include last editions...